President Trump speaks before signing “all the deadly trafficking of the Fntanil Law”, which strengthens the water rulings of the Fntanil traders, in the Eastern Chamber of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 16.
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Drug deaths in the United States have decreased significantly and steadily since the summer of 2023, according to the latest initial data issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The numbers that were released this month by CDC shows excessive doses that drop to 77648 In the 12 -month period ending in March of this year. This is the lowest balance of temporary deaths from fentanel and other drugs in the streets since at least March 2020.
Despite the prolonged decrease in the excess dose deaths, dating back to the middle of the Biden administration, President Donald Trump continued to develop a set of controversial policies – from commercial tariffs to the most striking criminal sanctions – his claim that fentanil is an increasing threat to Americans.
Last month, Trump signed the “Fintanel Roming Law”, which led to the minimum mandatory rulings for 10 years for persons convicted of trafficking in fentanel.
“We renew our pledge to liberate America from this terrible plague. We will get drug dealers, motivations and anchors from our streets,” Trump said at the signing ceremony. “We will not rest until we have finished an overdose of the drug.”
Trump also threatened military action against Mexico, which targets drug gangs; Definitions imposed on the partially existing countries on false or exaggerated allegations about their role in trafficking in fentanel; I blamed the virtane on illegal immigrants.
According to Trump, for him Crime emergency The motivation behind the campaign in Washington, DC, was partly by his desire to remove the addicted to fentanel and other medicines from the visible areas of the country’s capital and pressure them to accept treatment.
In an interview with NPR, Dr. Stephen Taylor, President of the American Association for Addiction Medicine, invited those misleading tactics:[Addiction] Taylor said: It is not a kind of thing that people gain, get better, and then they are treated forever. “
Trump’s critics of the Battle of Fintanel also fear that it will reduce the death of the excessive dose of paralysis due to the republican discounts to finance health and addiction programs.
The major urban countries and small rural countries see a dramatic improvement
But at the present time, drug deaths continue to mitigate, as many countries have witnessed improvements from 30 to 40 % last year alone.
In West Virginia, fatal doses of 1330 decreased in the 12 -month period to March 2024 to 772 in the period of 12 months to March 2025. temporary data indicates an amazing decrease of 42 percent.
Also, the states that have a large number of population, including California, Florida and New York, are witnessing significant declines in the caused deaths Drugs in the streets. In general, drug deaths were almost reduced by a third of the measured peak in 2023.
Public health and addiction experts continue to study Why excessive doses fall significantly.
Some successful efforts are martyred in disrupting the criminal fentanel supply chains. Others indicate a rapid improvement in health care and treatment for addiction people.
The latest CDC data is also reviewing a previous report that appeared to show a small but fate in the death of drugs in the 12 -month period ending in January this year. The new data indicates that fatal doses have now fell constantly, without interruption, since the summer of 2023.